Stand Up Guys hits theaters this February and features an all-star cast that everyone’s dads are sure to love. Hell, most generations appreciate acting champs like Christopher Walken and Al Pacino, so why not see them as past-their-prime gangsters? Well, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) members can see this…
South Florida is fortunate to have dozens of food trucks patrolling its borders, but who has time to schlep all over the county to sample the goods? Tuesday’s Gourmet Food Truck Experience brings together more than 20 trucks in one convenient location for easier eating. The lineup for the event…
Le Bistro’s monthly Funky Food Club is Tuesday, January 22. The action begins at 7:30 p.m. Call 954-946-9240 for details. Tue., Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m., 2013…
Maybe it’s the latest season of Downton Abbey. Or perhaps it’s the upcoming premiere of The Great Gatsby. Whatever it is, the style and flair of the Roaring ’20s are back. The Lake Worth Playhouse is setting out to re-create the jazz era’s sense of debauchery and intrigue with a…
Whether you enjoy taking pictures of your dog with a disposable camera or your digital photos have been featured in Time magazine, you will not want to miss the 18th-annual FOTOfusion in West Palm Beach. This five-day festival, for amateur and professional photographers, offers more than 100 workshops, lectures, panel…
There are some people — the sorely misinformed — who bemoan the general lack of culture and cultural events in South Florida. Where is the literature? Where is the art? The truth is, our sweltering tropical paradise is teeming with creative people who paint, sketch, sculpt, and write. We have…
The seventh-annual Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival is Saturday, January 26, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. Sat., Jan. 26, 1 p.m., 2013…
This year, there are 101 reasons for you to attend the 101st-annual South Florida Fair. Enjoy 18 days of fun with more than 200 rides and attractions, fair food including the world’s largest traveling candy store, ice-skating shows, and a variety of special events. Love livestock? Try your hand at…
Time was when no bookshelf was complete without a collection of dog-eared paperbacks by mystery writer extraordinaire Agatha Christie. Learn why your parents — and their parents — were so besotted with the “Queen of Crime” at the South Florida stage debut of Agatha Christie’s The BBC Murders. The two-act…
It’s bus-loop time again in Fort Lauderdale. There isn’t much to say about the bus loop that hasn’t already been said. For those who don’t already know, first, welcome to the world — we hope your coma was restful. Second, a few times a year, downtown Fort Lauderdale is taken…
“The Other Son” Movie Review
It’s called “Say It Loud,” but this exhibition of art by African and African-American artists in the Norton Museum’s collection speaks in a more subdued voice than its title suggests. Borrowing James Brown’s 1968 lyric of black empowerment, “Say it loud/I’m black and I’m proud,” the Norton takes some overdue…
Originally slated to open in September, Gangster Squad was delayed when the movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, suddenly made a scene of gunfire in Grauman’s Chinese Theatre “inappropriate.” Four months later, a turn in the film’s plot that relies on gunning down an adolescent risks recalling Newtown, but the proximity…
“Like a lot of other stuff in my life, I sort of fell backwards into it,” screenwriter Will Beall says of his unexpected perch atop Hollywood’s A-list. Unexpected, because just five years ago Beall was busy working for Tinseltown’s second most famous employer, the Los Angeles Police Department, where he…
When he died in December 2011, Kim Jong Il left behind more than a dynastic regime and a closet full of drab pantsuits. Jong Il, who ruled the hermetic North Korea from his father Kim Il Sung’s death in 1994 until his own passing 17 years later, was a noted…
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, one must have a heart of stone to watch Jacques Audiard’s outrageous melodrama Rust and Bone without laughing. Loosely adapted from two works in Craig Davidson’s 2005 short-story collection of the same name, Rust and Bone finds Audiard returning to the overdetermined characters and swift redemption…
Sherry and John Petersik are one of those likable young couples that drives you nuts. Not only are they hopelessly photogenic (and charmingly self-deprecating) but they’ve managed to turn their love of fixing up their old house into a bankable career. The self-described “DIY dorks” will be in Fort Lauderdale…
To draw attention to redevelopment efforts on the waterfront scene off East Atlantic Boulevard, the Pompano Beach Redevelopment Agency and the Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce will host a grand-opening celebration for the city’s newest beachside restaurant, known as the Beach Grille. Located in a newly renovated building just 100…
When you were younger, arts and crafts were great. You got to use your imagination to make even the most ridiculous finger painting look, in your mind, like the grandest castle. Now, when adults hear the word craft, it’s mostly associated with beer. But hey, enough of that and you…
Give your new year’s fitness routine a little kick in the ass with Saturday’s gut-busting Tap ’N’ Run. Relax, Prefontaine: This isn’t a race so much as an excuse to don a crazy costume and leisurely jog among the four beer-chugging stations set up along the route. Form a themed…
A Slow Food event focused on preserving food traditions is planned for Saturday, January 12. Activities include a planting table, canning demos, and presentations by celebrity chefs. The event is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pine Jog Environmental Education Center in West Palm Beach. Tickets cost $5 to $15…
It’s almost a couple of weeks into 2013. And we bet the novelty of your new year’s diet resolution has already worn off. If so, you’re not alone. Here’s your chance to stuff your face, yet again, at the second-annual Riverwalk Stone Crab and Seafood Festival on Saturday. From 11…
